Luckily, the surgery was a success, and reduced baby Bennett's tumors to something that looks more like chubby cheeks.

“Now there is still a bit of pudginess on that side–the parts of the mass they couldn’t quite get to, but nobody stops us out in public anymore, so it is nowhere near as noticeable," Kari said. “We were so used to seeing him with it so it was different at first, but I feel relief that we have gone through that chapter of our lives."